CRAFT v. STATE

No. 10081.

308 So.2d 290 (1975)

Marion Paul Craft, widow of Elluis CRAFT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. STATE of Louisiana et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied June 30, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David L. Morgan, Jr., New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellant.

Stanford O. Bardwell, Jr., Baton Rouge, for defendants-appellees.

Before SARTAIN, ELLIS and de la HOUSSAYE, JJ.


SARTAIN, Judge.

This suit for wrongful death was instituted by the widowed mother of Louis Craft, who died by violent means on April 2, 1973, while an inmate at Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola. The defendants are the State of Louisiana, the Director of the Louisiana Department of Corrections, the Warden, Assistant Warden, and the Chief Security Officer at the penitentiary. From the judgment dismissing her suit, Mrs. Craft has appealed. We affirm.

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